German professor finds evidence Hitler had one testicle

A new report claims Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, seen here in 1928, had only one testicle due to a congenital abnormality, not a war wound. File Photo by NARA/UPI

ERLANGEN, Germany, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- A German historian found evidence confirming the urban legend Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler had only one testicle, corroborating speculation it was the result of a congenital abnormality not a war injury.

Professor Peter Fleischmann, of Erlangen-Nuremberg University, said he uncovered medical documents from 1923 identifying Hitler with "right-side cryptorchidism," or an undescended right testicle. The records show Dr. Josef Steiner Brin examined Hitler in Landsberg prison after his failed Munich putsch attempt. Hitler was described as "healthy and strong" with an undescended testicle.